Primary stroke prevention


The feasibility of population screening for paroxysmal atrial fibrillationusing hand-held electrocardiogram devices

Mant, J., Modi, R. N., Charlton, P., Dymond, A., Massou, E., Brimicombe, J., Freedman, B., Griffin, S. J., Hobbs, F. D. R., Lip, G. Y. H., McManus, R. J., & Williams, K.
EP Europace 2024.

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Screen-detected atrial fibrillation and ’micro-atrial fibrillation’ and risk of cardiovascular events after myocardial infarction in elderly patients

Berge T, Langeland Myhre P, Annesønn Kalstad A, Laake K, Tveit S H, Onarheim S, Solheim S, Seljeflot I, Arnesen H, Tveit A.
Cardiology, 2022.

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Cluster randomised controlled trial of screening for atrial fibrillation in people aged 70 years and over to reduce stroke: protocol for the pilot study for the SAFER trial

Williams K, Narendra Modi R, Dymond A, Hoare A, Powell A, Burt J, Edwards D, Lund J, Johnson R, Lobban T, Lown M, Sweeting M J, Thom H, Kaptoge S, Fusco F, Morris S, Lip G, Armstrong N, Cowie M R, Fitzmaurice D A, Freedman B, Griffin S J, Sutton S, Hobbs Fd R, McManus R J, Mant J, The Safer Authorship Group.
BMJ open, 2022.

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Feasibility of screening for atrial fibrillation in a domiciliary setting: opportunistic one-time screening at preventive home visits in municipalities

Poulsen P-B, Hemmingsen U, Melgaard T-A, Buch Elleby H, Wedell Wedellsborg D, Dybro L, Lund I-M, Dixen U & Frost L.
Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal, 2022.

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Clinical outcomes in systematic screening for atrial fibrillation (STROKESTOP): a multicentre, parallel group, unmasked, randomised controlled trial

Svennberg E, Friberg L, Frykman V, Al-Khalili F, Engdahl J & Rosenqvist M.
Lancet, 2021.

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Mass Screening for Untreated Atrial Fibrillation: The STROKESTOP Study

Svennberg, E, Engdahl J, Al-Khalili F, Friberg L, Frykman V & Rosenqvist M.
Circulation, 2015.

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Stepwise Screening of Atrial Fibrillation in a 75-Year Old Population: Implications for Stroke Prevention (StrokeStop pilot)

Engdahl J, Andersson L, Mirskaya M, Rosenqvist M.
Circulation, 2013.

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Uptake of atrial fibrillation screening aiming at stroke prevention: Geomapping of target population and non-participation

Engdahl J, Holmén A, Rosenqvist M & Strömberg U.
BMC Public Health, 2013.

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A prospective 5-year follow-up after population based systematic screening for atrial fibrillation

Engdahl J, Holmén A, Rosenqvist M, Strömberg U.
Europace, 2018.

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Stepwise mass screening for atrial fibrillation using N-terminal B-type natriuretic peptide: The STROKESTOP II study

Gudmundsdottir K K , Fredriksson T, Svennberg E, Al-Khalili F, Friberg L, Frykman V, Hijazi Z, Rosenqvist M & Engdahl J.
Europace, 2019.

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Screening for atrial fibrillation with baseline and intermittent ECG recording in an out-ofhospital population (FLIP)

Hendrikx T, Hörnsten R, Rosenqvist M, Sandström H.
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2013.

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Systematic screening for atrial fibrillation in a 65-year-old population with risk factors for stroke: Data from the Akershus Cardiac Examination 1950 study

Berge T, Brynildsen J, Larssen HKN, Onarheim S, Jenssen GR, Ihle-Hansen H, Christophersen IE, Myrstad M, Røsjø H, Smith, P & Tveit A.
Europace, 2017.

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Feasibility and outcomes of atrial fibrillation screening using intermittent electrocardiography in a primary healthcare setting: A cross-sectional study

Ghazal F, Theobald H, Rosenqvist M, Al-Khalili F.
PLOS One, 2018.

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